# Hyatt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hyatt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,280 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,863 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,014 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (18,396 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhaɪət/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The surname has several provenances. It can be: #from Hebrew חיט (khayát, “tailor”); #a variant of the surname Highet.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hyatt in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hyatt in the United States.

## People named Hyatt

- John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor of plastic (1837-1920)
- Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor (1876–1973)
- Alpheus Hyatt, American zoologist, paleontologist (1838-1902)
- Dave Hyatt, American computer programmer
- Michael Hyatt, American actress

## Similar surnames

Hiatt, Hatt, Hood, Heath, Hewitt, Hyde, Head, Hoyt, Haywood, Hathaway, Hite, Hutto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.